History
Timeline
July 1, 1974 - Triad started by Dick Trump, Virgil Carpenter, Tom Tucker and Joe Borg as a full service recording studio at 1910 Ingersoll Ave.
1978 - Bill Synhorst joins the company and became an owner by buying out Virgil Carpenter.
1982 - Our first show control project – Celebration Station – includes animatronics, control and recorded songs and dialog.
1985 - Tom Tucker moves to Minneapolis to start the Triad North studio.
1987 - Tom Tucker leaves the company.
1988 - Triad installs and programs animatronic robot greeters at the World Expo where the theme for the Expo was “Leisure in the Age of Technology.
1988 - 2012 - Triad provides various industrial panels for Chuck E. Cheese.
1990 - Triad provides control equipment and programming for five major attractions for the opening of Universal Studios Florida – Earthquake, ET, Ghostbusters, Hanna Barbera and Horror Make-Up.
1995 - Triad purchases the assets of AV Services and brings the employees to Triad.
1995 - 2003 - Triad provides show control equipment for Ridefilm motion simulator experiences with locations around the world. Some of these motion simulator experiences still exist in Las Vegas.
1997 - Joe Borg passes away.
1997 - Triad provides audio, video and control equipment and installation for the GE Pavilion Innoventions at Disney Epcot in Orlando, FL.
1997 to present - Triad works with Pioneer Hi-Bred International, initially assembling circuit boards and cable harnesses, then progressing to industrial control panels and more complex projects.
1998 - Triad provides the show control system for Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton.
1998 - Triad provides audio, video and control equipment and installation for the Kaiser Permanente exhibit at Disney’s Innoventions West in Anaheim, CA.
1998 - Triad designs and provides audio, video and control equipment, installation and programming for the Des Moines City Council Chambers.
1999 - Triad provides control equipment for the Fall of Atlantis fountain show at Caesars Forum Shops in Las Vegas, NV.
2002 - Bill Synhorst passes away.
2003 - Dick Trump becomes the sole owner of Triad.
2006 - Triad is contracted by Group Delphi to provide audio, video and control equipment and installation for Yosemite Visitor Center in Yosemite Valley, CA.
2008 - Triad is contracted by Applied Art and Technology to provide audio, video and control equipment, installation and programming for the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum at the Grout Museum District in Waterloo, IA.
2009 - Triad is contracted by Group Delphi to provide audio, video and control equipment and installation for the Hawaiian Hall at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, HI.
2010-2011 – Triad updates and modifies 40-plus combines for a local ag company to allow more advanced grain data collection on plots when harvesting.
2012 - Triad is contracted by Group Delphi to develop signature exhibits for the main lobby of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, TX.
2013 - Triad is inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association Hall of Fame.
2014 - Triad redesigns and installs a new sound system and a 3-camera recording system for Plymouth Church’s remodeled sanctuary in Des Moines, IA.
2016 - Triad is contracted by Group Delphi to provide and install audio, video and control equipment for the Golden State Warriors sales offices in San Francisco for their new arena.
2017 - Triad is contracted by Amaze Designs, Inc. to provide and install video, audio and control equipment for the Perot Family Museum in Dallas, TX.
2017-2018 - Triad is contracted by Group Delphi to provide audio equipment, networking equipment and installation labor for Toyota’s Experience Center in Plano, TX.
2018 - Triad moves to 2120 Rittenhouse St. and Dick Trump partially retires.
2021 - Triad becomes employee owned.
2023– Tony Schmitt retires.
2024– Paul Hohlfeld retires.
2025 – Triad builds staff and achieves record sales in custom industrial assembly.